Anthropologists

Research, evaluate, and establish public policy concerning the origins of humans; their physical, social, linguistic, and cultural development; and their behavior, as well as the cultures, organizations, and institutions they have created.

On the job, you would:

Teach and mentor undergraduate and graduate students in anthropology.

Plan and direct research to characterize and compare the economic, demographic, health care, social, political, linguistic, and religious institutions of distinct cultural groups, communities, and organizations.

Collect information and make judgments through observation, interviews, and review of documents.

Math and Science

sociology and anthropology

geography

Arts and Humanities

English language

history and archeology

Education and Training

teaching and course design

Communications

multimedia

Basic Skills

talking to others

listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

Problem Solving

noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one

figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Verbal

communicate by speaking

communicate by writing

Ideas and Logic

make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information

use rules to solve problems

People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.